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Fast Forward to the Future Level Y
Text Type: Fiction • Word Count: 2416

Lesson Parts
1) Before Reading
2) During Reading
3) After Reading
4) Build Skills
5) Build Fluency
6) Extend the Reading
7) Assessment

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WORKSHEETS FOR
FAST FORWARD TO THE FUTURE
Worksheets

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COMPREHENSION QUIZ FOR
FAST FORWARD TO THE FUTURE
Comprehension Quiz
Level Y Answer Sheet



Correlation
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Grade 5
Fountas
& Pinnell
U
Reading
Recovery
28
DRA N/A
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Book Summary
Fast Forward to the Future recounts another of Miguel's adventures as he dives into one of The Great Gallardo's books. He travels in time and finds himself at the mercy of the cannibalistic Morlocks—80,000 years into the future. In his haste to escape, he rushes further into the future and finds himself on a dying Earth. Illustrations support the text.

About the Lesson

Targeted Reading Strategy

  • Visualize

Objectives

  • Use the reading strategy of visualizing to understand text
  • Analyze the problem and solution in the story
  • Identify and use compound adjectives
  • Understand similes

Materials

  • Book -- Fast Forward to the Future (copy for each student)
  • Chalkboard or dry erase board
  • Visualize, problem and solution, compound adjectives, similes worksheets

    Indicates an opportunity for student to mark in the book. (All activities may be completed with paper and pencil if books are reusable.)

Vocabulary

  • Content words: cannibals, comprehend, flourished, fluorescent, fourth dimension, inferno, laboratory, mesmerized, primitive, putrid, time machine, torqued, transformed